EFCC detains former finance minister Nenadi Usman
Nigeria’s former finance minister, Mrs. Nenadi Usman, was grilled and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday. The EFCC is probing the role she played in how...
View ArticlePolice officers who abuse alcohol will no longer be given arms
Police officers who have an undying love for the green bottle; and who abuse drugs and other such substances, will henceforth have no guns to go with them, the police top brass has announced. A...
View ArticleAbdul Mahmud: Gov Fayose and the strange happenings around us
Sometimes life surprises us with strange happenings that bear no similarity to the everyday happenings around us, to the once-upon-a-time things starting their strangeness upon our habitation and upon...
View ArticleWhy I’m against naira devaluation–El-Rufai
Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai who is a free market exponent at heart, has turned his back on devaluation. He’s supported calls for devaluation in the past. The naira has been going through a...
View ArticleBuhari: Devaluation didn’t help Nigeria in 1985 and won’t help Nigeria now
President Muhammadu Buhari is not about to give in to the devalue-the-naira-brigade; at least not while he is still president. Depending on who you ask, Buhari was kicked out as military head of state...
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We’ll resolve all budget issues with the executive without a fight–Dogara
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara, has said the National Assembly and the Executive are likely to resolve issues surrounding the 2016 budget very soon. Dogara, who made...
View ArticleOsinbajo, Utomi, Fashola, Kyari, Enelamah, Tonye Cole, others to headline...
The Made In Nigeria Project, organizers of the Made In Nigeria Conference & Exhibition has officially announced the third edition of its annual Conference which returns to the Landmark Events...
View ArticleDino Melaye: ‘Only death can separate me from my Saraki’
Senator Dino Melaye who represents Kogi West in the upper legislative chamber has been a loyal ally of senate president Bukola Saraki and won’t desert his sidekick just because he’s facing trial at...
View ArticleMeet the 4 Boko Haram kingpins who’ve just been nabbed by the Nigerian army
The Nigerian Army on Friday announced through spokesperson Sani Usman, that it had arrested four key strategists for the extremist Boko Haram sect, a development it described as unprecedented. “Troops...
View ArticleUgoji Egbujo: Let’s face it, Okonjo-Iweala is a coward and a fraud
Okonjo Iweala, the famed technocrat , has returned to the pulpit. The gospel of good governance, like that of Christ, is easily preached. Technocrats come into public service in Nigeria brandishing...
View ArticleHow to have dirtier sex than you ever imagined
All sex is good sex—in the beginning. When your relationship is fresh, new positions or novel settings are enough to keep you both interested and satisfied. But as the years pass, it’s all too common...
View Article#PanamaPapers: Pakistan’s prime minister has promised to resign if indicted
Pakistan’s embattled Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday announced he would resign if found guilty of having committed any wrongdoing, following a probe into the Panama Papers leak. Mr. Sharif...
View ArticleEFCC freezes Fani Kayode’s account over N4bn fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has put a lid on one of the bank accounts of former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode. The anti-graft agency is investigating how N4bn was shared...
View ArticleI’m being persecuted by the APC for frustrating a Muslim-Muslim ticket, says...
Senate president Bukola Saraki says he knows exactly where the rain started beating him (apologies, Chinua Achebe). In a reply he wrote to an earlier article published last Saturday by Dele Momodu in...
View ArticleAll 3 refineries back in shape for the 1st time in years–Kachikwu
Petroleum minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu has assured Nigerians that the fuel shortages which have crippled businesses across Nigeria and led to long, winding queues at gas stations, will soon be a...
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All the images as Dogara checked into an IDP camp on Saturday
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has again called on the international community to increase its contribution towards the rebuilding of the North East region of...
View ArticleHow the army averted another suicide bomb attack on Saturday
The Nigerian Army on Saturday prevented another suicide bomb attack on Ummarari in Borno after intercepting a suspected bomber on his way to the community. This is according to a statement signed by...
View ArticleOur change mantra isn’t a mere slogan. This country must change–Osinbajo
Vice president Yemi Osinbajo assured his compatriots during a town-hall event organized in Lagos on Saturday, that help is on the way. Fielding questions from attendees, Osinbajo said he is working...
View ArticleEbuka Nwankwo: The problem with senator Dino Melaye is that he has no shame
Some hours ago, Senator Dino Melaye wrote that he would be the last person to leave Saraki. He reaffirmed his loyalty. It didn’t matter to Melaye that the kind of publicity Senator Bukola Saraki was...
View ArticleReuben Abati: Nigeria has to confront the curse of oil
The monthly Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, FAAC, meeting was held the other day in Abuja, with the representatives of state governments again cap in hand, asking for their share of federal...
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